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Gary Lineker and pals put their shirts on Match of the Day's future | Martin Kelnerhttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/oct/16/gary-lineker-match-of-the-day
Newly fashionable presenters bring an exciting, chemise-related touch of Gok Wan to the Saturday night football highlights<p>Suddenly the shirts are getting interesting on Match Of The Day. Gary Lineker was wearing a dark blue number with a black collar on Saturday, a combination I have never seen before, while Alan Shearer wore grey (what else?), with black piping around the breast pocket and the button-holes, carrying definite echoes of the teddy boy era of the 1950s. Alan Hansen, who must not have got the memo about jazzing up the shirts, stuck with his traditional plain black. I am no Gok Wan, but I had not realised that two-tone shirts were making a comeback.</p><p>The stripey shirt with the stiff white collar has never lost its popularity among lawyers, or small-town estate agents wishing to cut a dash at the Junior Chamber of Commerce. But Lineker's blue/black combo, and Shearer's Showaddywaddy-esque chemise – he eschewed the crepe-soled brothel creepers that the Leicester rock&nbsp;'n'&nbsp;roll revivalists used to favour, sticking with plain black shoes – were something of a departure in the Saturday night football highlights world. I am wondering whether they are part of the BBC's exciting new commitment to delivering quality first.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/oct/16/gary-lineker-match-of-the-day">Continue reading...</a>FootballSport TVSportBBC1BBCTelevisionMediaSun, 16 Oct 2011 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/oct/16/gary-lineker-match-of-the-dayDavid Levene/David LeveneGary Lineker's innovative shirt experiments may be part of BBC1's new commitment to delivering quality first. Photograph: David LeveneDavid Levene/David LeveneGary Lineker's innovative shirt experiments may be part of BBC1's new commitment to delivering quality first. Photograph: David LeveneMartin Kelner2011-10-16T22:00:00Z